Class: LinuxBridge

Inherits:

BridgeDetection

• Object
• BridgeDetection
• LinuxBridge

Defined in:

lib/resources/bridge.rb

Overview

Linux Bridge If /sys/class/net/interface/bridge exists then it must be a bridge /sys/class/net/interface/brif contains the network interfaces

See Also:

• http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/BRIDGE-STP-HOWTO/set-up-the-bridge.html
• http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/40560/how-to-know-if-a-network-interface-is-tap-tun-bridge-or-physical

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from BridgeDetection

#inspec

Instance Method Summary

• #bridge_info(bridge_name) ⇒ Object

Methods inherited from BridgeDetection

#initialize

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from BridgeDetection

Instance Method Details

#bridge_info(bridge_name) ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/resources/bridge.rb', line 65

def bridge_info(bridge_name)
  # read bridge information
  bridge = inspec.file("/sys/class/net/#{bridge_name}/bridge").directory?
  return nil unless bridge

  # load interface names
  interfaces = inspec.command("ls -1 /sys/class/net/#{bridge_name}/brif/")
  interfaces = interfaces.stdout.chomp.split("\n")
  {
    name: bridge_name,
    interfaces: interfaces,
  }
end